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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Silver Liningness Sunday

Welcome to the last Sunday of 2012! I was thinking about doing a silver liningness year-end post, but that seemed like too much work, so I squelched it after about 30 seconds of thought.

I've enjoyed this week off from work. The crosswalk is, of course, closed during winter break for school, and the only tutoring biz I've done has been paperwork and a bit of e-mail correspondence. It has been a true week of sloth, inefficiency, and time mismanagement!

Still, Christmas happened. The kids are happy with their gifts and winter break activities. Recall that we had a snow day on the last school day before the break. The poor high schoolers were taking finals that week. Some have to go back to a final exam when they return in January. Wolfgang, thankfully, was pretty much done, so he has joined me in my sloth, inefficiency, and time mismanagement.

Oh, and I did get that iPod I was craving. Got a nano, and it's now loaded up with fave tunes. This morning, I held a ceremonial burial of my ancient cassette tapes. It's almost embarrassing to admit I had them.

Along with the arrival of new stuff comes one of my favorite activities - purging old stuff! I have a feeling the cassettes were just a beginning.

Before I close, I do want to acknowledge a few silver liningness milestones from 2012:

created 53 "publishable" artworks

ran 1115 miles despite the bum foot

kept the tutoring schedule full up

learned to say "no" to tutoring inquiries when the schedule was full up

visited some new places

got a new cat

got a snake

had a first ever real-life blog friend meet up!

... which resulted in a first ever mud run

got one kid settled in at college

visited my old school with another kid

blogged every day

replaced the Subaru (may she rest in peace) with the Element

stayed sane, so far, despite a few strayings

I'm looking forward to 2013! I think it will be even better than 2012. I've no specific reason for thinking that other than I'm just rose-colored glassed that way. I look forward to enjoying it with all of my blog friends, old and new!
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